genethliacus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γενεθλιακός (genethliakós), derived from γενέθλια (genéthlia, “birthday celebrations”), noun use of the neuter plural form of γενέθλιος (genéthlios, “pertaining to one's birthday”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡe.netʰˈli.a.kus/, [ɡɛnɛt̪ʰˈlʲiäkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.netˈli.a.kus/, [d͡ʒenet̪ˈliːäkus]
Adjective
genethliacus (feminine genethliaca, neuter genethliacum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | genethliacus | genethliaca | genethliacum | genethliacī | genethliacae | genethliaca | |
| Genitive | genethliacī | genethliacae | genethliacī | genethliacōrum | genethliacārum | genethliacōrum | |
| Dative | genethliacō | genethliacō | genethliacīs | ||||
| Accusative | genethliacum | genethliacam | genethliacum | genethliacōs | genethliacās | genethliaca | |
| Ablative | genethliacō | genethliacā | genethliacō | genethliacīs | |||
| Vocative | genethliace | genethliaca | genethliacum | genethliacī | genethliacae | genethliaca | |
Descendants
- → English: genethliac
- Italian: genetliaco
References
- “genethliacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- genethliacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.